Wal-Mart says last two employees in pork scandal released

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Authorities in Chongqing in southwest China have released the last two employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc who were detained over a pork mislabeling scandal that shut more than a dozen stores in the country last October. "All of our detained associates have been released," said Anthony Rose, a Wal-Mart spokesman in Hong Kong. He said the last two employees were discharged last week, but gave no further details. ...

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Authorities in Chongqing in southwest China have released the last two employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc who were detained over a pork mislabeling scandal that shut more than a dozen stores in the country last October.

Authorities in Chongqing in southwest China have released the last two employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc who were detained over a pork mislabeling scandal that shut more than a dozen stores in the country ...

The head of Wal-Mart's China business has quit, the US retailer said Monday, after Chinese authorities temporarily shut down over a dozen stores found to be selling pork falsely labelled as organic.Ed Chan left "for personal reasons," Wal-Mart said in a statement, adding that another senior China executive, Clara Wong, has also resigned.Their departure comes after authorities in the southwestern city of Chongqing detained Wal-Mart staff and ordered the company to pay more than $420,000 in fines and other penalties.

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NEW YORK – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will buy an additional US$50-billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world’s largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.
Wal-Mart, the largest private employer in the United States, also said on Tuesday it plans to hire 100,000 newly discharged veterans over the next five years, at a time when the U.S. unemployment rate is at 7.8%.

Margaret Hancock has long considered the local Wal-Mart Stores Inc. superstore her one-stop shopping destination. No longer.
During recent visits, the retired accountant from Newark, Delaware, says she failed to find more than a dozen basic items, including certain types of face cream, cold medicine, bandages, mouthwash, hangers, lamps and fabrics.
The cosmetics section “looked like someone raided it,” said Hancock, 63.